Improvement in the construction of spading and other forks



ELON O. DEN-IO AND GEORGE K.'BABOOOKLNEVLIRTORn NEW YORK."

`Letters Patent No. 92,709, dated July 20, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN'THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPADING- .AND OTHERy FORKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of tne same,

Beit known that we, ELON G. DENIO and GEORGE K. BABCOCK, of New Hartford, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Spade and other Forks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the construction ot' the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters Of reference marked thereon. f-

This invention relates toincreasing the strength of Athe fork or hook, at or near where the tang Or shank isjoined to the head of the implement, by a device to resist the bending or breaking atthat (the weakest) part of the tool.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Figure 1 is a horizontal and side view of the handle, tines, and improved part of a common spading-fork.

Figure 2 is a Aplane view of the back andimproved part of the same, in which- A denotes the handle.-

B, the tines.

C, the strapped or other ferru1e,'m'th an enlarged ring and projection e secin'edto the end of the feu-ille.

The projection on the ring passes beyond the edge and corner of the head,.on the back part, to support the fork at the junction of the tang and head, the end of which rests against a projection, d, that is raised upon the fork-head, 4and so made and adj usted as to bear against the projection e, or againstthe end Of a common handle and ferrule, thereby resisting l.the liability to break by tension on the tang or shank.

The red lines show the position of a proj ection raised on the fork-head, when resting against the common ferrule and handle.

It is evident that the samekind of projection can be placed upon. the upper side of tools, such as potato and manure-hooks, '850.'

n What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.`

The raised projection upon the back or resisting part of a fork Or hook, substantially as and for the pmpose specied. A l

ELON C. DENIC. GEORGE K. BABGOCK.

Witnesses:

DEXTER GILMORE, PORTER S. HUNTLEY` 

